Police believe a man whose skeleton they found in a Mt Wellington home in September died in the past four years.
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The headless skeleton was found in the Barack Rd home by contractors and police have scoured the missing persons database but haven’t yet identified the man.
Detective Sergeant Graham Shand said a limited edition size eight Converse brand sneaker was found with the skeleton.
He would not say where the shoe was found in relation to the skeleton but was “certain” it belonged to the man and could hold the key to his identity.
“The particular style and make was a special edition shoe which was introduced in May 2007 and we’ve spoken to the importer and distributor,” Shand said.
“We can say if those shoes belonged to the man, then he was alive in May 2007.”
The Chuck Taylor shoe is different to others from the Converse brand because the top lace eyelet is red.
An autopsy revealed the man was 1.57m to 1.64m tall but police do not know his age. It is not known exactly how long the bones had been there.
But Shand said the bones were “certainly introduced” to the garage after the family who lived in the home for 20 years moved out.
The home has been empty for about a year and is in a state of disrepair.
Shand and his team are now going through 43 missing person files to find out who the man was.
“We have a DNA profile for the body and are looking at the DNA of those people in the missing persons database,” he said.
“An anthropologist has been introduced to determine the age and other distinguishing characteristics of the bones and to identify of characteristics, like medical conditions.”
Anyone with any information on who the man may be or how the bones came to be at the Mt Wellington home
